Assassination of Alexander II of Russia - Wikipedia
On 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, was assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia while returning to the Winter Palace from Mikhailovsky Manège in a carriage. The assassination was planned by the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will"), chiefly by Andrei Zhelyabov.
Czar Alexander II assassinated in St. Petersburg - HISTORY
2010年2月9日 · Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary “People’s Will” group. The People’s Will, organized...
Alexander II of Russia - Wikipedia
The assassination of Alexander II, drawing by G. Broling, 1881 After the last assassination attempt in February 1880, Count Loris-Melikov was appointed the head of the Supreme Executive Commission and given extraordinary powers to fight the revolutionaries.
Alexander II | Tsar of Russia, Reforms & Emancipation of Serfs
Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881 in a bomb attack carried out by members of the terrorist revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya (“People’s Will”). Alexander II (born April 29 [April 17, Old Style], 1818, Moscow, Russia—died March 13 [March 1], 1881, St. Petersburg) was the emperor of Russia (1855–81).
Assassination of Alexander II of Russia - Wikiwand
On 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, was assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia while returning to the Winter Palace from Mik...
Alexander II - Reforms, Abolition, Assassination | Britannica
Alexander II - Reforms, Abolition, Assassination: The modernization of Russian institutions, though piecemeal, was extensive. In Alexander’s reign, Russia built the base needed for emergence into capitalism and industrialization later in the century.
Life of Alexander II, tsar of Russia | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Though sometimes described as a liberal, Alexander was in reality a firm upholder of autocratic principles, and an assassination attempt in 1866 strengthened his commitment to conservatism. A period of repression after 1866 led to a resurgence of revolutionary terrorism, and in 1881 he was killed in a plot sponsored by the terrorist ...
Biography of Alexander II, Russia's Reformist Tsar - ThoughtCo
2018年9月19日 · Alexander II (born Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov; April 29, 1818 – March 13, 1881) was a nineteenth-century Russian emperor. Under his rule, Russia moved towards reform, most notably in the abolition of serfdom. However, his assassination cut these efforts short.
Face of Russia: Timeline - PBS
On March 1, 1881, Tsar Alexander II was killed by a bomb thrown by I. Grinevitskii, a student and a member of the revolutionary organization “The National Will.” The Cathedral of the...
Assassination of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia
2014年3月12日 · March 13, 1881 (Old Style Date March 1) – Assassination of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia; buried at the Fortress of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg, Russia. Of the twenty Romanov monarchs, five died violent deaths (Ivan VI, Peter III, Paul I, Alexander II, and Nicholas II).